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Uploaded by on Apr 2, 2007

Spinning a plastic rattleback to the tune of "Rhythm of the Night" by El DeBarge

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  • @KKinsane2009 Resonance is the key...  now about thoes right locks?

  • you don't even need to spin it to make it uh... spin (=p)

    if you tap it on one end lightly - enough to make it rattle - it spins on it's own.

    (meaning I agree with Kkinsane, it's the oscillations that causes it. that, and an off-centre pivot)

  • its because of vibration, and it will be common knowledge in about 30 years.

  • it has a lot to do with the shape and gravity

  • Oh, it does. Not my fault if you can't understand complex motion of objects.

  • That does not explain ANYTHING.

  • It's due to the instability on the axis, that's why it vibrates when spinning the wrong direction and that's why it turns and start spinning the other way.

  • Rattle backs aka Celt stones :)

  • how does it do that?

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